Linen-cutting machine



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,592

H. J. FELLMAN LINEN CUT'I'I NG 'MACHINE Fied sept. 25, 1923 2 sheets-sheet 1 Jan. 5 I1926. I 1,568,592

I H. 1. FELLMAN LINEN comme mantun Filed Sept. 25, 1923 2 sheets-sheet 2v Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES HARRY J. FELLMAN, OF HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

LINEN-CUTTING MACHINE.

Application fil'ed September 25, 1923. Serial No. 664,805.

device, more particularly to that shown in my abandoned application, Serial No. 64:6,-

287, and the general object of the invention being to provide means for cutting the cloth along a warp or weft thread so as to make the cut straight and true.

Another object of the invention is to provide a power driven cutting member with means for holding the clothy where it can be acted upon by said member, with which are associated illuminating and magnifying means for enabling the operator to follow a thread in making the cut.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the 'accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref- 0 erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view with parts in elevation.

In these views 1 indicates a supporting casing which is provided with the legs 2 and which has one end closed by the doors 3 which provide access to the motor 4 which is located in the casing. The other end of the casing is open and the sides are cut away so that the bottom will form a shelf for the roll of material to be cut. A tubular arm of angle shape is located on the top of the casing and 'this arm carries at its small end the shaft 8 for the cutter 14. This shaft is rotatecl from the motor by means of the belt 6 which passes about a pulley 5 on the motor shaft and over the guide pulley 7 in the arm. A lamp housing 9 is located on the casing in which is located the lamp 15 and said housing has a small upper extension 13 which is provided with a slot to receive a part of the cutter 14, this slot permitting the' rays of light from the lamp to pass through to illuminate the cloth being drawn over the top of the extension and which is held vin place by thek springl fingersvl. A magnifying glass is carried by an eye piece 11 which isV supported above the cutter in the extension 13 by the rod 10 which engages the socket 12 on the tubular arm.

From the'foregoing it will be seen that when the cloth 18 is drawn over the extension' 13 from the roll 17 and against the knife the operator looking through the magnifying glass can easily cause the cut to follow a thread, thus insuring a straight cut being made. The light under the cloth will properly illuminate the same. The cloth is held in flat condition by the spring fingers 16. Switches 20 and 21 are provided for controlling the Circuits to the motor and the lamp.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a casing, a tubular arm of angle shape supported thereby, a shaft carried by said arm, a motor in the casing, means for connecting the motor with the shaft, a cutter carried by the shaft, a lamp housing carried by the casing, a lamp therein, a small extension on the top of the housing having an opening therein for receiving a part of the cutter, spring fingers arranged adjacent the top of the extension, an eye piece connected with the arm and a magnifying glass in said eye piece.

2. A device of the class described comprising a cutter, cloth supporting means located adjacent the cutter, illuminating means under the cutting means and magnifying means located above the cutter.

3. A device ofthe class described comprising a support, a cutter carried thereby, power means for actuating the cutter, a lamp housing carried by the support and having an opening therein into which the cutter extends, an eye piece located above the cutter and the opening in the lamp housing, and a magnifying glass in said eye piece.

t. A device of the class described comprising a support, a cutter carried thereby, power means for actuating the cutter, a lamp housing carried by the support and having an opening therein into which the cutter extends, an eye piece located above the cutter and the opening in the lamp housing, a magnifying glass in said eye piece and spring fingers for guiding the cloth to the cutter.

5. An apparatus of the class described the combination of a casing having one end open With its sides cut away and its bottom projecting outwardly beyond its top, a tubular arin with a forked extremity supported on the top of the casing and extending tovvardithe open end thereof, a lamp housing supported by the casing beneath the extremity of the t'ubular arm, an extenvsion on the lamp housing and having an opening opposed to the forked end of the tubular arm, a cutter journaled in the forked end of the tubular arm and projecting into the opening of the extension, spring fingers carried by the forked end of the tubular arm on opposite sides of the extension, a lamp in the lamp housing, a magnifying glass disposed over the lamp housing and the cutter, an eye piece supporting the magnifying glass, a rod adjustably supported by the tubular arm and having a forked extremity supporting the eye piece, a pulley arm adjacent its inner end, a motor in the casing beneath the inner extremity of the tubular arm, and a flexible power transmitting element passing over connecting the cutter with the motor.

HARRY J. FELLMAN.

journaled in the tubular' the pulley and p 

